‘"Union-sliding"’
Banks, who commands the
Lincoln forces in
Winchester, is now wreaking his vengeance upon the
South by a system of tyranny almost unparalleled.--S the occupation of the
Valley, a large number of its citizens have been arrested and to take the oath, or be sent off to
Fort Warren.
Among the latest victims of this rant's hate are
Philip Williams,
David W. Berton, and
Robert Y. Conrad,
Esq., who have been sent off to
Fort Warren, there to remain, perhaps, until the termination of this unholy war.
Mr. Conrad was a member of the late State Convention, and is one of the most prominent men in the
Valley.
At the time of his election he was a staunch Union man, and never consented to the separation of
Virginia from the Federal Union until the action of
Lincoln demonstrated that it was impossible for the
State to remain in the
Union without submitting to the basest degradation.
Messrs. Barton and
Williams have long been leading members of the bar in the
Valley.